Question

The accompanying data represent the daily​ (for example, Monday to​ Tuesday) movement of Johnson​ & Johnson​ (JNJ) stock for 61 randomly selected trading days.​ "Up" means the stock price increased for the time period.​ "Down" means the stock price decreased​ (or was​ unchanged) for the time period. Construct and interpret a ​95% confidence interval for the proportion of days JMJ stock increases.
Find the upper and lower bounds for the 95​% confidence interval.

Answer 1

Supposing that the stock increases in 37 days, the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of days JMJ stock increases is: (0.484, 0.7292)

• The lower bound is of 0.484.
• The upper bound is of 0.7292.

• The interpretation is that we are 95% sure that the true proportion of all days in which the JMJ stock increases is between 0.484 and 0.7292.

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of $\pi$, and a confidence level of $\alpha$, we have the following confidence interval of proportions.

$\pi \pm z\sqrt{\frac{\pi(1-\pi)}{n}}$

In which

z is the z-score that has a p-value of $\frac{1+\alpha}{2}$.

Supposing that it increases on 37 out of 61 days:

$n = 61, \pi = \frac{37}{61} = 0.6066$

95% confidence level

So $\alpha = 0.95$, z is the value of Z that has a p-value of $\frac{1+0.95}{2} = 0.975$, so $z = 1.96$.  

The lower limit of this interval is:

$\pi - z\sqrt{\frac{\pi(1-\pi)}{n}} = 0.6066 - 1.96\sqrt{\frac{0.6066(0.3934)}{61}} = 0.484$

The upper limit of this interval is:

$\pi + z\sqrt{\frac{\pi(1-\pi)}{n}} = 0.6066 + 1.96\sqrt{\frac{0.6066(0.3934)}{61}} = 0.7292$

The ​95% confidence interval for the proportion of days JMJ stock increases is (0.484, 0.7292), in which 0.484 is the lower bound and 0.7292 is the upper bound.

The interpretation is that we are 95% sure that the true proportion of all days in which the JMJ stock increases is between 0.484 and 0.7292.

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